Among public school districts with more than one school, the average lowest yearly base salary paid to full-time principals was $73,300 in 2007-08, while the highest was $88,600 (table 10).

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Collective bargaining agreements with principals’ associations or unions were reported by 16 percent of public school districts with more than one school, and meet-and-confer agreements were reported by 10 percent (table 11).

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Among districts with more than one school, 24 percent of the districts had a training program for aspiring school administrators and 9 percent of principals were newly hired by a district in the 2007-08 school year (table 12).